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I'm going back home

Alright, hopefully this will be the last time I have to do this. As some of you might know, I took a trip a while ago (August 31) to visit my family on another state (other side of the country, actually). Ever since then, I haven't had as much time to work on my VN (since I'm basically always on call to care for my mother and I'm getting dragged around to see family and going out to see my friends...

The Day I Met You (Short-Story)

Shoichi was just a young boy going on a training camp trip when he met someone that would change his life forever.

A multi-part short story talking about how Shoichi and my VN's MC eventually became friends.

Making Love is for Pansies (Adult Short-Story)

Two former high school buddies meet again after many years of not having contact and end up getting a bit more intimate than they first imagined.

Public Build Update

Hey, guys. I know that considering when the patreon build was posted the normal date to update the public would be tomorrow but since I'm getting forced to go on a family trip today and will not have internet for the weekend (send help!), I decided that it was best to update it one day early than have it two days late. So those who would like to check version 0.7, the link has already been update ...

Update 0.7

Alright, guys. Here you go. Update 0.7 coming today as promised x3
Now, something I'm sure some of you might be excited about:
Day 10 is going to be a "pick a character" day like Day 5 was. The difference between the two? Day 10 is going to be separated in 3 updates, because each character's route on Day 10 is the size of a regular update. Yes, you read that right. As we approach the end of ...

Public Version Update - 0.6 and Delay Notice

Hey, guys. Sorry for the delay. Things are kinda hectic at my grandma's and I'm still trying to get back on schedule to release at the end of the month (last update was only released on the 15th, ugh). I should have this update wrapped up by the 7th, so look forward to it then. Hopefully after that I can get back to a regular schedule.

Also, here's the links for the public version of 0.6.
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What is your favorite character so far?

The title speaks for itself. Which of the main three do you like the most so far? I might use the results of this poll later if I'm in a situation where I can only write an update for one character x3

Update 0.6

Hi, guys.

First of, I'm really, really  sorry about this delay. I just had a bunch of things pile up on me and that made things take a while. So, so sorry.

My new notebook charger arrived Monday afternoon and I had been working to get everything done on time. The update itself was already written, but I still need to properly code it, typocheck, add a couple new sprites, etc....

About this long delay

Hey guys... where do I even start... I'm typing this message from my phone right now for reasons that will be explained in this post.

So... when I first delayed the update due to my trip, I had planned on writing the remainder of it from the plane. That plan took a nosedive when the flight crew told me I wasn't allowed to use my laptop on the plane (for reasons that escape me).

So... I had...

Postponing Update

Hey guys. So, I'm just posting this message to let you guys know that I'm postponing the update by a few days (three or four at most). I didn't have time to finish working on this update since I spent the last two days organizing myself for a cross-country trip I'm taking later tonight to visit family (and yet, I still don't know where my Bank Card is. Some organizational skills). It's gonna be an...

Updated Public Demo (0.5)

I'm releasing now the latest demo for the public. It also received a few tweaks (and by a few tweaks, I mean over 20 pages of typos were fixed. Huge thanks to the guys who reported them <3), as well as a graphical error that caused Akiyoshi's side portrait to display his sprite instead of his actual portrait.

For the patrons who might not have played the latest update yet, I recommend usi...

Google Docs Typo Log

Due to the constant typos and grammar errors that I end up having (yay for not being a native English speaker!), Vic Venom ended up making a Google Docs page so Patrons can report grammar errors and the sorts for me to fix it. Apparently this is something that Dyne of EA already does. Either way, I hope you guys can use this as well xD

Thanks~

Version 0.5

Hi, guys. First of all, I'd like to deeply apologize for the delay. I didn't want for things to take this long to do (I had to root out a ton of errors and crashes that appeared after updating Ren'Py to use the new UI and that ate up so much time e-e).
Still, the update is finally here. Here's what you guys can see with it.

• Day 8
  
• Two CGs. 

This update is a ...

Postponing the update a few days

Alright, everyone, I'm sorry for only dropping this news at the nick of time, but I was waiting until now for it, so there wasn't much I could have done to warn you sooner :p

I've decided to wait a few more days so my artist can finish up the second CG for the game. She had a ton of other commissions to do this month that were ordered ahead of mine, so it couldn't get done sooner. I asked her fo...

It's my Birthday! (And I got a present)

Hey guys. I just dropped by to show you guys this awesome art I got as a gift from one of my patrons (whom I also chat with frequently on Discord x3), Epsiloh!

He commissioned my VN's artist in secret to do a birthday piece for me and sent it to me today, with my character and his celebrating my birthday. He also seems to have taken quite a sizeable chunk of my cake... rude.
I really lov...

Newspaper Clippings (NSFW Side Story)

This is a side story I've written for a friend of mine, involving a setting and theme of his choosing. I very much hope he likes it ;3

Involves: Muscle Worship, M/M, Public, Musk, Semi non-consensual sex.

New Reward Tiers

So, as you guys might know, I've only had one reward tier so far. I've been going back on forth on what kinds of rewards I could offer to my patrons to justify having higher tiers and I think I've come up with something decent, so, as you guys can see, I have new tiers set up on my page. You guys can take a look at those and see what you think about it. Who knows, you might be interested in one of...

0.4 Public Update Released

Hiya, guys. So, I had posted the 0.4 Public Update in the Page Overview like I usually do, but I realized not everyone checks there (and some new people might not know I update that), so I decided to make a small post here to remind you guys about it!

Linux: https://www.mediafire.com/?k4te4ymeh89m6qd
Windo...

CG Sneak Peak

Heya, people ;3
I came by to show you guys a little peek at the game's first CG (and, as an appropriate way to start the game, this CG is from the very first scene in the game). I'm very happy with how it came out and you guys will get to see the full version on the next demo <3

And if you guys liked it as much as I did, take a look around at the Deviant Art of my artist and friend, N...

New UI Implemented

Hey, guys~
I just dropped by to tell you guys that the new UI has been implemented into the game (I hired a programmer who was nice enough to give me a good price <3) and he delivered the thing working to me in...

Status Update - About the GUI

So, like I've told you guys before, I've been working on a new UI for the game for a little while (since late April, to be honest). I've come up with quite a few WIP over these last two months, but I finally feel like I have a solid design for it, which I'm gonna share with you guys (these are Photoshop Mock-Ups. The only part of the UI that I figured out how to implement on the game was the messa...

Version 0.4

Hey, guys. I just came by to deliver this month's update in the nick of time :3
Among what's been added, I have:
- Regular Day 6 (only had the Shoichi specific on the 0.3. Now all characters link to Day 6, with Jun and Keisuke sharing the same one).
- Day 7
- New Sprites!

I'm gonna be sending the download links via private message to you guys. Thanks a bunch for all the support ...

Poll: Secondary character Sprites or Character Expressions?

So, guys, I've been trying to decide for a while whether I should get new facial expressions for the characters that currently already have sprites (Shoichi, Jun and Keisuke) or get sprites for other secondary characters (these secondary characters would be the ones that are set to appear more frequently, like Saya, the MC's brother (Akiyoshi) and 5 classmates of the MC who'll be introduced in the...

Working on a new UI

Hey guys, I just wanted to keep you in the know. I've been trying to work  on a new UI for the game every since the beginning of early may, but my earliest sketches and WIP didn't really progress all that well. Either way, I finally feel like I've come up with a design that is worth working on. As such, I've started getting stuff out of the paper (or, well, in this case, Photoshop) and includ...

Update 0.3 and Announcement

Alright, guys. First things first, I'd like to apologize for the shortness of this update. I was visited by family this month and dragged around the city for over two weeks, resulting in my not having as much time to write as I'd like. Couple that together with some instances of writers block and I was only able to make the Shoichi-specific portion of Day 6 (he's the only one to get a separate Day...

Public Demo Update + Progress Report

For the non-patrons, I'd like to tell you guys that I've released the 0.2 version for the general public today. The list of major changes added to it is:

- Game upscaled to 1280x720 resolution.

- Days 4 & 5.

- New BGMs.

- A transition animation was added to signify the passing days.

By the way, the public demo is going to be update two weeks after the patron only dem...

Update 0.2

Download links will be placed on the comments.

Hey, everyone. Like promised, I'm here to deliver the 0.2 update. Heres a small list of some of the major changes for.

- Entire game upscaled to 1280x720 resolution.

- Days 4 & 5 added (Day 5 is slightly short when played through once because it allows you to branch out which character you'll spend it with).

- New BGMs.

...

Transition Test and Other Things

Hey, guys. I've been working on the graphical side of things for the past couple of days. As you can see in this video, I've worked on an animation to be used whenever the day is changed in the VN (was about time too. I've been told some people got confused with some of the time-skips in-game). Big thanks to Vic for supplying me with the source video I used to make the animation (and for helping a...

I'm not Dead (Yet) - Status Report

Hello. I suppose I should probably say something now that this has started to generate a bit of attention (I'm still completely overwhelmed by that, by the way).
The reason there have been no further updates are kind of twofold. First, I had a multitude of big problems and also a crapload of smaller ones, though I don't want to bother anyone with details so I'll refrain from talking about them ...

First Demo Out! (Version 0.1)

So... yeah. First demo out and all. Here's a list of things that have already been included:

- Up to Day 3 available (Not much in terms of branching plot yet, most of it is character introduction).

- Two tennis matches (Hey, I won't kid myself but maybe, juuust maybe, someone will actually play this game for the tennis matches?!)

- One sprite for each character major character (3 tot...